May Day!  May Day!  Just kidding –it is May 1.

Late last night after dinner, Vickie and Rufus’ daughter Lainey arrived from Moab UT, or thereabouts.  We were thrilled to see her.  She was supposed to have joined them for the whole week, but car trouble intervened and caused her to miss the first few days.  She is taking an interlude between college and business school to hang out in the West with some friends.  She’s no fool — no use waiting until retirement to taste the good life!   Lainey was with us in France in August last year and we go “way back.”

This morning we all slept a little later than usual — lolling around until almost 8 am.  We went for another day of hiking in splendid Bryce Canyon.  This time the adventurous group (including Lainey her in sleeveless hiking gear!) hiked the 8-mile Fairyland Trail.  Mara, Polly and I did the 3-mile trail on top of the canyon — dressed in 5 layers of jackets and hats.  We shed almost everything as the sun came down in earnest.  It’s not that easy to hike at 7800 feet when you are not acclimated to it.

Tonight, the temperature will allow us to eat outside at our communal picnic tables around a campfire.   Polly is making tacos and corn salad.  Brad went into town to pick up peach and apple pies that he special-ordered yesterday from a local restaurant which claims to make the best pies in Utah.  Not sure if that is a high bar or not!  I’ll let you know.

Tomorrow, the Atlanta contingent is heading back to Zion so Lainey can experience the great  hiking there.  The next day they will return their Airstream 2 Go and spend their final night in Las Vegas.  Polly and Richard will head back to WYO tomorrow and Brad, Doris and I will venture on our way back East.  We have not yet planned our route home, but it will probably be along I-70, as we would like to go through Kentucky horse country on the way home.

Happy Uno de Mayo!